Social Bookmarking

This was another easier task for me because I had to create a Delicious account when I completed Jim Dornberg's 23 Things About Web 2.0.  I have to say, though, that I haven't thought about it much since then.  One of my most challenging tasks this morning was to retrieve my password.  I haven't used Delicious much because when I started my Delicious account in 2009, it was blocked from the computers at school.  And since most of the web sites I was using were school related, it annoyed me and I thought, why bother? 

What I don't remember from 2009 is the social networking part.  I know I could get to Jim's Delicious account, but I don't remember adding names so I could see other people's Delicious accounts.  A few weeks ago, Larry Nocella happened to see me in the hall and told me about a good algebra site he found.  Later, he emailed it to me.  If we hadn't happened to pass in the hallway, he probably wouldn't have thought of sharing it.  Social bookmarking is a much better way to share with colleagues.

During the past 2 summers I have spent part of nearly every day working on my blackboard class.  Much of the information I used from that class came from web sites.  And I didn't bookmark a single one of them.  How ridiculous of me.

My absolute favorite personal site is Flickr.  I post photos and videos on my site.  My kids have selected photos, edited them, and made copies for themselves.  They can see what we did each day when we were on vacation.  I used pictures from Flickr when I taught resource room World Cultures.  We learned about South Asia and Latin America and I thought my students had no idea what the regions and people living there looked like.  There are pictures from all over the world on Flickr that are available to everyone.  We took "virtual tours" of many of the regions of study in my class.